Oliver Golding keeps Wimbledon boys title hopes alive

Oliver Golding pulled off a dramatic quarter-final win over Argentina’s Renzo Olivo to keep alive his hopes of becoming Britain’s first Wimbledon boys’ champion of the Open era.

Oliver Golding in action during his Boys Singles match against Jason Kubler of Australia

The Londoner fought back from losing the first set to advance to the semi-finals 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 and, in turn, provide a welcome boost for English tennis, which failed to supply an entrant to the men’s singles this year for the first time.

The unseeded 16-year-old former child actor, who beat Australian world No.1 Jason Kubler in the previous round, admitted nerves had affected him on Court 12 before he went for broke after staring defeat in the face early in the second set.

‘I was a little bit nervous, playing just a bit too passive and not aggressive enough,’ he said. ‘It was a wake-up call to be broken in the second set. I just had a go at it – I hit a massive forehand at 30-40 to hold and that was the turning point.’

In the girls’ singles, Laura Robson moved into the last four after beating fellow Briton Tara Moore in straight sets.

The 2008 champion had her serve broken in the third game of the match but eventually found a way to deal with Moore’s powerful groundstrokes to advance 7-5, 6-1.